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Farmhouse brewery under construction at Stillpoint Farm, in Mt. Airy, Maryland.
19 May 2012.
[The brewery was originally to have been erected in the farm's milkhouse, but regulatory issues related to brewery effluent convinced farmer/brewer Tom Barse to alter his plans.]
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As of 1 July 2012, the state of Maryland will allow Class 8 Farm Brewery Manufacturers licenses, similar to those for 'farm wineries.' A farm brewery would be allowed to self-distribute its beer, provided it is made mostly from ingredients produced on the farm.
"A farm brewery may not produce (or contract) more than 15,000 barrels of beer [a barrel is the equivalent of 13.7 cases] in a calendar year, may offer specified food and samples, and hold multibrewery promotional events on the farm. The annual fee for a Class 8 Farm Brewery Manufacturer’s license will be $200."
--HB 1126.
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5 Star Dining. Tonight's beer choice is a Redeye Porter from the Milkhouse Brewery at Stillpoint Farm.
Still Point. Metropolitan Cathedral Liverpool. Set in the Cathedral grounds to the right of the main entrance www.susannaheron.com/
Steven Marsh —cellarman for Heavy Seas Brewing (Baltimore, Maryland)— stands with two firkins (10.8-US-gallon cask) he had conditioned with locally-grown Cascade hops.
Baltimore (downtown), Maryland, USA.
16 October 2010.
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â–¶ CASKS:
☞ Blaze's Folly Farm (Thurmont, Maryland) hops in Heavy Seas Pale Ale;
☞ Stillpoint Farm (Frederick, Maryland) hops in Heavy Seas Loose Cannon Hop3 IPA.
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▶ Seen during the 7th annual Chesapeake Real Ale Festival —sponsored by the Chesapeake branch of the Society for the Preservation of Beer from the Wood (SPBW)— one of six signature events of Baltimore Beer Week 2010.
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In the old milkhouse, a homebrew yeast starter bubbles in a flask.
FirkinFest, the concluding event of Frederick Beer Week 2012.
Mount Airy, Maryland.
Saturday, 19 May 2012.
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Still Point. Metropolitan Cathedral Liverpool. Set in the Cathedral grounds to the right of the main entrance www.susannaheron.com/
Still Point. Metropolitan Cathedral Liverpool. Set in the Cathedral grounds to the right of the main entrance www.susannaheron.com/
During the18th and 19th centuries, Leicester Longwool Sheep were prized in the American colonies and nascent U.S. for their rapid-rearing and their superior luster wool and good milk. George Washington is known to have raised them at his estate at Mount Vernon. By the early 20th century, the breed had vanished from the U.S., supplanted by other breeds. Colonial Williamsburg's Rare Breeds Project has re-introduced it.
Stillpoint Farm, in Mount Airy, Maryland, is one of several U.S. farms now raising Leicester Longwool.
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Firkin Fest:
The concluding event of Frederick Beer Week 2012.
Saturday, 19 May 2012.
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"in the stillpoint" soon after installation.
Set onto the southbound platform is a long, voluptuous form - a majestic tree trunk. Cast bronze, from an actual tree trunk, it is unexpected, powerful, graceful, tactile - a natural form set within an utilitarian architectural space. It is a reference to the forested landscape, the history of logging, the soaring trees of the local parks and neighborhoods.
Still Point. Metropolitan Cathedral Liverpool. Set in the Cathedral grounds to the right of the main entrance www.susannaheron.com/
As a customer counts his pogs, Stephen Marsh —cellarmaster for Heavy Seas Brewing, of Baltimore, Maryland— pours from a firkin (10.8 gallon cask) of Heavy Seas Pale Ale , which he had refermented in the cask with Maryland-grown Cascade and Chinook hops.
Nick Lightner (with sunglasses) —shipping and receiving at the brewery— pours from the other cask.
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FirkinFest, the concluding event of Frederick Beer Week 2012.
Mount Airy, Maryland.
Saturday, 19 May 2012.
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In the barn, the table for the nascent Maryland Hop Growers Association.
From its Facebook page:
"We are a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the production of hops for local breweries and home brewers in the Maryland area. Founded in 2011, we promote sustainable farming practices for cultivating hops, as well as innovative farming methods in Maryland's growing urban suburbs."
As of of May 2012, the association has at least 6 member farms, with more on the way:
* Blaze's Folly Farm.
* The farm of Ada Frey.
* The farm of Robert Steven.
The MHGA is aligned with The Northeast Hop Alliance, which itself has over 100 members throughout the Northeast and mid-Atlantic, including "hops growers, brewers, homebrewers, historians, educators, and hops supporters of all kinds."
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On the table: hop plants for sale.
FirkinFest, the concluding event of Frederick Beer Week 2012.
Mount Airy, Maryland.
Saturday, 19 May 2012.
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"beer festival" hops "Mt. Airy" Maryland "Frederick Beer Week"
Thomas Cizauskas (l) of Yours For Good Fermentables.com. enjoys Heavy Seas Brewing Loose Cannon IPA, served from a wooden barrel, with the brewery's cellarmaster Stephen Marsh (r).
FirkinFest, the concluding event of Frederick Beer Week 2012.
Mount Airy, Maryland.
Saturday, 19 May 2012.
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Every dry-hopped cask from brewpub Barley and Hops proudly uses locally grown Cascade and Chinook hops from Maryland Hop Growers Association farmers, such as Lewisdale Hops, Stillpoint Farm, Blazes' Folly, and Black Locust Farm.
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FirkinFest, the concluding event of Frederick Beer Week 2012.
Mount Airy, Maryland.
Saturday, 19 May 2012.
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"Duck, Duck, Goose" - watercress, meringue spiced pecans, tart cherry vinaigrette, smoked duck breast and duck skin cracklins, ginger balsamic glaze, liver crostini, fennel pickles and kale
Hung Liu (1948-2021) was a Chinese-born American contemporary artist. She was predominantly a painter, but also worked with mixed-media and site-specific installation and was also one of the first artists from China to establish a career in the United States. Liu's work merged past and present, East and West, earning her acclaim in her adopted country and censorship in the land of her birth.
Seen and photographed on exhibit at the Oakland Museum of California (OCMA) in the East Bay city of Oakland, California.
A view from the old sheep barn: F.O.A.M. (Frederick's Original Ale Makers) held a homebrew expostion and demonstration during
FirkinFest, the concluding event of Frederick Beer Week 2012.
[In fact, the entrance fee entitled a festival-goer to 4 tastes of homebrew, but only 2 tastes from the professional breweries.]
Mount Airy, Maryland.
Saturday, 19 May 2012.
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Tom Barse watches a pint being drawn from a firkin (10.8) gallon cask) of Loose Canon Hop3 Ale. Barse owns Stillpoint Farms, which grew the Cascade hops 'dry-hopped' in the cask.
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At the Judge's Bench Pub in Ellicott City, Maryland:
Clipper City Brewing Company unveiled its first ever 'local hop' cask of Loose Cannon Hop3 Ale.
Cascade hops grown at Stillpoint Farm of Frederick, Maryland.
18 December 2009.
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Thomas Cizauskas (l) of Yours For Good Fermentables.com. enjoys Heavy Seas Brewing Loose Cannon IPA, served from a wooden barrel, with the brewery's cellarmaster Stephen Marsh (r).
FirkinFest, the concluding event of Frederick Beer Week 2012.
Mount Airy, Maryland.
Saturday, 19 May 2012.
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FirkinFest, the concluding event of Frederick Beer Week 2012.
A firkin is a 10.8 gallon cask. Cask-conditioned ale, or 'real ale' is:
"a natural product brewed using traditional ingredients and left to mature in the cask (container) from which it is served in the pub through a process called secondary fermentation. It is this process which makes real ale unique amongst beers and develops the wonderful tastes and aromas which processed beers can never provide."
—CAMRA (The Campaign for Real Ale)
In one word: fresh.
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Mount Airy, Maryland.
Saturday, 19 May 2012.
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